Offering Document
The document prepared by, or for, the Issuer and distributed to investors to provide disclosure with respect to one or more issues of bonds.
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Official Statement (“OS”)
The Offering Document used by an Underwriter in a Public Offering.
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Preliminary Official Statement (“POS”)
The type of offering document circulated prior to the determination of the interest rates and certain other terms of the bonds when it is anticipated or known the bonds will be purchased by an underwriter and resold to the public.
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Private Placement or Direct Purchase
The negotiated offering of a new issue of bonds directly to one or a limited number of purchasers without using an underwriter.